List of University of Pretoria alumni
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The University of Pretoria is a public university in Pretoria,[1] the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa.[2] The university in its more than a century of academic service has delivered more than 200,000 alumni.[3] Below is a list of prominent alumni.[4]
- Prof Tshilidzi Marwala: academic, engineer
- Paul Moorcraft: author, BBC commentator
- Prof Pierre de Villiers Pienaar: author and pioneer of speech therapy in South Africa
- Prof Calie Pistorius: Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pretoria, 2001–2009
- Professor Fransjohan Pretorius: historian of the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902)
- Prof Saurabh Sinha: academic, engineer, author and executive dean
- Prof Bettine van Vuuren, zoologist[5]
- Dr Ruth Murambadoro, political scientist and African feminist scholar
Arts and entertainment
- Jana Cilliers: actress
- Bettie Cilliers-Barnard: fine artist
- Dr Mimi Coertse: opera singer
- Ampie du Preez: actor
- Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi
- Focalistic: South African Rapper and Amapiano artist
- Sandra Prinsloo: actress
- Amanda Strydom: actress
- Brümilda van Rensburg: actress
- Verna Vels: voice artist, television director
- Carrol Boyes: artist and businesswoman
Sport personalities
Springbok captains:
Other Springboks:
- Gary Botha
- Fanie de Villiers
- Ernst Dinkelmann
- Heyneke Meyer
- Wynand Olivier
- Danie Rossouw
- Pierre Spies
- Jesse Kriel
Other rugby internationals:
- Duhan van der Merwe (represents Scotland)
MMA:
Business leaders and entrepreneurs
- Dr Willem Barnard: CEO, KWV
- Laurie Dippenaar: FirstRand Bank Chairman
- Dr Marius Kloppers: international CEO of global mining giant BHP Billitoni
- Daniel Snzile Ndima, biotechnology entrepreneur
- Dr Anton Rupert: billionaire, former UP chancellor and Tukkie of the Century
- Dr Chris Stals: business leader; former UP chancellor
- Giam Swiegers: CEO of Deloitte Australia
- Elon Musk, a founder, CEO or both of all of: PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, OpenAI, The Boring Company and Neuralink.
- Stefan J.M. Swanepoel American business executive, author, and real estate strategist.
Law
- Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi: former Minister of Public Service and Administration
- Prof Christof Heyns: United Nations Human Rights Council; Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions[6]
- Judge Johann Kriegler
- Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff, Chief Justice of South Africa
- Judge Johann van der Westhuizen: Constitution Court
- Prof. Kithure A. Kindiki, former Tharaka-Nithi senator, Cabinet Secretary of Interior and National Administration of Kenya.
Health and medicine
- Dr Sindisiwe van Zyl, physician, radio DJ, columnist, health activist and researcher
- Prof Flavia Senkubuge, physician, professor of public health medicine, past president of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
